And since he is the very soul of honour, he must sacrifice you and himself, your happiness and his own, everything that makes life good for you both, to his duty." She was aghast, for all that she was far from understanding.

But he went on relentlessly to make his meaning clear, for the sake of O'Moy as much as for her own--for the sake of the future of these two people who were perhaps his dearest friends.

He saw in what danger of shipwreck their happiness now stood, and he took the determination of clearly pointing out to her every shoal in the water through which she must steer her course.
"Since this has happened, Una, you must be told the whole truth; you must listen, and, above all, be reasonable.

I am Dick's friend, as I am your own and Terence's.

Your father was my best friend, perhaps, and my gratitude to him is unbounded, as I hope you know.